Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 August 7

= August 7 =

Saab Viggen in an American action film?
I believe that many years ago I've seen parts of an American action film showing aerial warfare, in which a villain (possibly an American officer gone nuts) is flying a Saab Viggen and fighting against American jets, possibly F-16. None of this is certain. Search for Viggen in films and on IMDB failed. Does anyone have an idea? --KnightMove (talk) 09:42, 7 August 2013 (UTC)


 * You may be thinking of Wings of the Apache with Nicolas Cage, but they were Drakens, not Viggens. Blakk   and ekka 15:21, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately no. It was plane vs. plane not including helicopters.
 * If not a Viggen, it was at least a plane with a somewhat similar wing structure (a big and a small pair of wings). --KnightMove (talk) 10:24, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Just a shot in the dark, but how about Firefox? Clarityfiend (talk) 18:12, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Philip Glass - Opening
What key is this piano piece? It has 3 flats and starts with F minor. Is it F dorian? If so, why does it end with a B flat major chord?--77.0.249.209 (talk) 16:36, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Here are the sheets, quite repetitive, not too difficult.

http://www.glasspages.org/score-opening.pdf--77.0.249.209 (talk) 19:56, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Looking at the sheet music and playing it (I hadn't heard this one in years), it seems to me like it is in E flat major, but coyingly tending to stick mainly to the minor chords of the key, with some inversions of the major chords. B flat major is the dominant of E flat major, and in "classic minimalist" music like this it's practically a cliche—especially with Glass I think—to end on a dominant upbeat, omitting a final resolution. This piece rarely uses an E flat major chord, but when it does the chord is preceded by a B flat 7 chord (ie, a B♭7), a classic dominant chord which suggests E flat is the tonic. The B flat bass note is carried over into the E flat chord, weakening the sense of resolution (this "2nd inversion tonic" chord is sometimes called six-four chord, a common predominant chord). That the piece starts on an F minor chord and often returns to F minor seems to me another typical minimalist thing—in the key of E flat major an F minor chord is the "ii" of the key, another common predominant chord, which further lends the piece an air of "wanting to resolve" but never actually resolving—on purpose no doubt. Pfly (talk) 08:22, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Lauren Holly's movie
I am looking for the name of a Lauren Holly's movie where she plays a pastry cook. It is placed in New York. I watched it a few years ago but cannot remember the name and I am looking for the article here (if Wikipedia has one for the movie).  Miss Bono  [zootalk]  17:14, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * There's a list of her movies at Lauren Holly. The film Just Desserts (film) matches your description.  RudolfRed (talk) 18:51, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * That's the one with Costas Mandylor. Thanks RudolfRed! I think I am a bit lazy.    Miss Bono  [zootalk]  18:54, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Geoffrey Castle, a pioneer on the six-string electric violin
I would like to know how to create a page for the musician, Geoffrey Castle. Please let me know. Thank you, Karen Lawrence  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.247.34.219 (talk) 23:22, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * You can WP:REQUEST one, but I'm not hopeful. There are a few articles about /interviews of him, but as one points out, he's "Seattle's Best Kept Secret!" That indicates he probably doesn't satisfy our notability requirements. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:17, 8 August 2013 (UTC)